Callen v. Rottenberry
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Bibb. Tried before the lion. James E. Cobb. This action was brought by II. J. Callen, against John M. Rottenberry and Emily J., his wife’, to recover the possession of a tract of land particularly described in the complaint; and was commenced on the 4th October, 1882. On the evidence adduced, the court charged the jury, on request, that they must find for the defendants, if they believed the evidence; and this charge, with other rulings on…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Bibb. Tried before the lion. James E. Cobb. This action was brought by II. J. Callen, against John M. Rottenberry and Emily J., his wife’, to recover the possession of a tract of land particularly described in the complaint; and was commenced on the 4th October, 1882. On the evidence adduced, the court charged the jury, on request, that they must find for the defendants, if they believed the evidence; and this charge, with other rulings on the pleadings and evidence, to which the plaintiff excepted, is now assigned as error. The opinion of the court states all…
1Opinion of the CourtOlopton, J.
— On October 20, 1869, Thomas Lawrence recovered, in the Circuit Court of Bibb county, a judgment nil elicit against Emily J. Rottenberry and Jordan Risinger, for fourteen hundred and ninety-four 57-100 dollars. The cause of action, upon which the judgment was rendei’ed, was a promissory note made by Emily Rottenberry, Charles J. Rottenberry, and Jordan Risinger. At the time of the making of the note, of the commencement of the suit, and of the rendition of the judgment, Emily Rottenberry was a married woman, the wife of John M. Rottenberry, her co-defendant in this case. An execution was…
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